Publications by conservation technologies staff

3D laser scanning and replication

• A, La Pensée, J. Parsons, M. Cooper, S. Broadbent), R. Bingham, R. Watts, J. Myers, J. Berry. (2010) The Use of 3D Laser Scanning and 3D Modelling in the Realisation of an Artistic Vision; The Use of 3D Data in the Production of Large Scale Public Art in Tudor Square, Sheffield, Proceedings of ISPRS Commission V, Mid-Term Symposium, Close Range Image Measurement Techniques, Newcastle upon Tyne, June 2010.
• La Pensée, A., Parsons, J., Cooper, M., Broadbent, S., Bingham, R., Watts, R., Myers, J., and Berry, J., The Use of 3D Laser Scanning and 3D Modelling in the Realisation of an Artistic Vision; The Use of 3D Data in the Production of Large Scale Public Art in Tudor Square, Sheffield. Proceedings of ISPRS Commission V, Mid-Term Symposium, Close Range Image Measurement Techniques, Newcastle upon Tyne, June 2010.
• La Pensée, A., 3D Laser Scanning in 3D Documentation and Digital Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage, JISC 3D Visualisation in the Arts Network - 3DVisA Bulletin Issue 4, ISSN 1751-8962 (Print) 1751-8970 (Online), March 2008.
• La Pensée A., Cooper M., and Parsons J., The use of replica heritage objects produced by non-contact 3D recording and rapid prototyping technologies for education, contextual display, and restoration, extended abstract in Proceedings of 3D Colour Laser Scanning Conference, UCL, March 2008.
• Laser Scanning Tests on a Gilded 18th Century Table at Chiswick House London, English Heritage Research Department report series no 19/2007 ISSN 1749-8775, Paul Bryan, Research and Photography by Martin Cooper and Annemarie La Pensée, Conservation Technologies.
• Cooper M. I., La Pensée A. A., Parsons J. B. The Use of Laser Scanning and Rapid Manufacturing Techniques for Museum Exhibitions. Proc. 7th Int. Symp. On Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, (VAST), 2006, 65.
• La Pensée A., Cooper M. I., Parsons J. B. Applications in the field of cultural heritage using “off-the-shelf” 3d laser scanning technology in novel ways. Proc. 7th Int. Symp. On Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, (VAST), 2006, 215.
• La Pensée, A. (2005) Replicating an Egyptian relief, Ancient Egypt Magazine, 6 (3) Issue 33, 14-17.
• Eklund, J. and Fowles, P. Three-dimensional recording by laser scanning of the petroglyphs at Rombald's Moor, West Yorkshire, Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites, 2003, 6, 1, 11-22, James and James Science Publishers Ltd.
• La Pensée, A . Non-Contact Recording and Replication of Culural Heritage, The Building Conservation Directory 2004, 92-93, Cathedral Communications Ltd.
• Fowles, P., Larson, J., Dean, C. and Solajic, M. (2003) The laser recording and virtual restoration of a wooden sculpture of Buddha, Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA IV (Paris, September 2001), Elsevier, 367-371.
• Fowles PS (2000). The Garden Temple at Ince Blundell : a case study in the recording and non-contact replication of decayed sculpture. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA III (Florence, April 1999), Elsevier, 89-92.
• Fowles PS (1999). Potential uses of lasers and layer manufacture in conservation. Proceedings of OWLS V, Ed. Papazoglou, T, Fotakis, C, Springer.
• Fowles PS (1998). Recording and replication with lasers. Proceedings of the UKIC Ceramics and Glass Conservation Group Conference, Liverpool, April 1998, UKIC.
• Larson, JH (1995). Laser cleaning, laser repros. The Art Newspaper, 46, March, 19.
• Larson, JH (1994). Current developments in the application of laser technology to the treatment and recording of artworks. Conservation News, No.53, 13-14.
• Larson, JH (1994). The use of laser scanners for recording and reproducing sculpture. Conservation News, July, 10-11.

Public engagement & science communication

• Watts, S., Baumber, E., La Pensée, A., Yates, S. A. , Liverpool's Conservation Centre: 14 years of Public Access , Proceedings of the Colonial Williamsburg Conference 'Playing to the Galleries and Engaging New Audiences: The Public Face of Conservation', 14-16 November 2011, Colonial Willamsburg, USA.
• Watts, S., Abbott, D., Crombie, D., Gunn, A., La Pensée, A. (2008) Science Revealed: The hidden story of objects , Conservation and Access: Contributions to the 2008 IIC Congress, London.

Analysis

• Froidevaux M, Platt P, Cooper M and Watkins K. (2008), Laser interactions with copper, copper alloys and their corrosion products used in outdoor sculpture in the United Kingdom, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks. Madrid, September 2007, Taylor and Francis Group, London, 277-284.
• Kennedy C.J., Vest M., Cooper M., Wess T.J. (2004) Laser cleaning of parchment: structural, thermal and biochemical studies into the effect of wavelength and fluence. Applied Surface Science 227:1-4, 151-16.
• Kennedy C.J., Hiller J.C., Lammie D., Drakopoulos M., Vest M., Cooper M., Adderley W.P., Wess T.J. (2004) Microfocus X-ray Diffraction of Historical Parchment Reveals Variations in Structural Features through Parchment Cross Sections. Nano Letters 4:8, 1373-1380.
• Solajic, M., Cooper, M., Seddon, T., Ruppel, J., Ostapkowicz, J. and Parker, T. (2002). Colourful feathers: a multidisciplinary investigation of the Amazonian featherwork from the ethnographic collection at National Museums Liverpool - initial results. The Conservation of Fur, Feather and Skin, Postprints of UKIC Ethnology group conference, London, 11 December 2000, Archetype Publications, 69-78.
• Cooper, M., Fowles, P. and Tang, C. (2002). Analysis of the laser-induced discoloration of lead white pigment. Applied Surface Science, 201 (1-4), 75-84.
• Feely J, Williams S, and Fowles PS (2000). An initial study into the particulates emitted during the laser ablation of sulphation crusts. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA III (Florence, April 1999), Elsevier, 65-70.
• Watkins, KG, Larson, JH, Green, A, Dalton, ME, Emmony, DC and Steen, WM (1994). Cleaning of aluminium alloy statuary material with a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. ICALEO 1994, 13th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro Optics, October 1994, Orlando, Florida.

Conservation & laser cleaning

• Thompson H. and Cooper M., The use of laser cleaning in the conservation of public copper-alloy monuments in the UK, Journal of Architectural Conservation, March 2010, 7-24.
• Cooper, M. and Sportun, S. (2007), The Application of Laser Cleaning in the Conservation of Twelve Limestone Relief Panels on St. George’s Hall, in ‘Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks; LACONA VI Proceedings, Vienna, September 2005, Springer, 55-64.
• Vest, M., Cooper, M. and Larsen, R. (2005) Evaluation of laser cleaning of parchment documents with a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at 1064, 532 and 266nm, Proceedings of LACONA V, (Osnabrueck, September 2003), Springer, 217-226.
• Cooper, M. (2005) Laser Cleaning of Sculpture, Monuments and Architectural Detail. Cleaning Techniques in Conservation Practice, Journal of Architectural Conservation, Eds. Normandin, K. and Slaton, D., Donhead, 105-120.
• Cooper, M., Solajic, M., Usher, G. and Ostapkowicz, J. (2003) The application of laser technology to the conservation of a Haida totem pole. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA IV (Paris, September 2001), Elsevier, 165-173.
• Verges-Belmin, V., Wiedemann, G., Weber, L., Cooper, M., Crump, D. and Gouerne, R (2003) A review of health hazards linked to the use of lasers for stone cleaning. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA IV (Paris, September 2001), Elsevier, 33-37.
• Sportun, S. (2002). A brief summary of laser experimentation undertaken on parchment at the Conservation Centre, National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (National Museums Liverpool), Liverpool. The Conservation of Fur, Feather and Skin, Postprints of UKIC Ethnology group conference, London, 11 December 2000, Archetype Publications, 25-32.
• Solajic, M., Pretzel, B., Cooper, M., Townsend, J., Seddon, T., Ruppel, J., Ostapkowicz, J. and Parker, T. (2002). A collaborative examination of the colourfastness of Amazonian featherwork: assessing the effects of exposure to light and laser radiation. ICOM-CC, Preprints of 13th Triennial Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, 22-27 September 2002, 701-707.
• Cooper, M.I. (2002) Laser cleaning of metal surfaces: an overview. Paper presented at the UKIC Metals Section ‘Back to Basics: Surface Treatments’ conference (Liverpool, October 1999). Published in ‘Back to Basics, The Metals Section' Press, 34-39.
• Sportun, S. The investigation of two Male Sculptures from the Ince Blundell collection. History of Restoration of Ancient Stone Sculptures (Syposium held at Getty Museum, Los Angeles, October 2001), Getty Symposium publications.
• Cooper, M. I. (2001). Laser removal of paint layers from corroded copper; possible applications to bronze sculpture cleaning. Monuments and the Millenium, Proceedings of the conference organised by English Heritage and UKIC (20-22 May 1998, Victoria and Albert Museum), 109-119.
• Cooper, M. (2001). Laser cleaning for historic buildings. Context, 72, Institute of Historic Building Conservation, December, 22-24.
• Cooper, M.I., Sportun, S., Stewart, A., Vest, M. et al. (2000). Laser cleaning of an eighteenth century parchment document. The Conservator, 24, 71-79.
• Larson, J., Cooper, M.I. and Sportun, S. (2000). Developments in the application of laser technology for conservation. Tradition and Innovation: Advances in Conservation, Preprints of the contributions to the Melbourne congress, 10-14 October 2000. Ed. A. Roy and P. Smith, London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 107-110.
• Larson, JH (2000). Science comes to the aid of the conservator. Minerva, 11, (2).
• Larson, J, Madden, C and Sutherland, I (2000). Ince Blundell: the preservation of an important collection of classical sculpture. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA III (Florence, April 1999), Elsevier, 79-88.
• Sportun, S, Cooper, M, Stewart, A, Vest, M et al (2000). An investigation into the effect of wavelength in the laser cleaning of parchment. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA III (Florence, April 1999), Elsevier, 225-232.
• Sutcliffe, H, Cooper, M and Farnsworth, J (2000). An initial investigation into the cleaning of new and naturally aged cotton textiles using laser radiation. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA III (Florence, April 1999), Elsevier, 241-246.
• Cooper, MI (1998). Laser Cleaning in Conservation: an Introduction. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.
• Cooper, MI (1997). Recent developments in laser cleaning. The Building Conservation Directory, Cathedral Communications Ltd., 122-124.
• Larson, JH (1997). Sculpture conservation: treatment and reinterpretation? Sculpture conservation: preservation or interference? Proccedings of the international conference, Liverpool, 16-18 June, 1993, ed. Lindley, P., Scholar Press, 69-81.
• Larson, JH, Cooper, MI and Foster, C (1996). The use of laser energy for cleaning architectural terracotta decoration. Architectural Ceramics; Their History, Manufacture and Conservation, James and James, 92-100.
• Cooper, MI and Larson, JH (1996). The use of laser cleaning to preserve patina on marble sculpture. The Conservator, 20, 28-35.
• Higgs P, Larson, JH and Wood, J (1996). A Hellenistic head from the Badger Hall estate, Shropshire, JBAA CXLIX , 72-77.
• Cooper, MI, Emmony, DC and Larson, JH (1995). Characterisation of laser cleaning of limestone. Optics and Laser Technology, 27 (1), 69-73.
• Larson, JH (1995). Eros: the laser cleaning of an aluminium sculpture. From Marble to Chocolate: the conservation of modern sculpture, Tate Gallery, 18-20 September 1995, Archetype publications, 53-58.
• Cooper, MI (1994). Laser cleaning of stone sculpture. PhD thesis, Loughborough University, 188-208.
• Cooper, MI and Loton, A (1994). Light years ahead? Natural Stone Specialist, December, 24-30.
• Cooper, MI (1994). Laser cleaning. The Building Conservation Directory, Cathedral Communications Ltd., 81.
• Cooper, MI, Emmony, DC and Larson, JH (1993). Laser cleaning of limestone sculpture. Conservation Science in the UK, N. Tennent (ed), Preprints of meeting held in Glasgow, May 1993, James and James, 29-32.
• Cooper, MI, Emmony, DC and Larson, JH (1993). The evaluation of laser cleaning of stone sculpture. Structural Repair and Maintenance of Historical Buildings III, Brebbia, C and Frewer, R (eds), Computational Mechanics Publications, 259-266.
• Larson, JH (1993). The Lincoln Frieze: A problem of Conservation and Historical Investigation. Exhibition catalogue. “Romanesque Stone Sculpture from Medieval England”, Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Leeds 1993, 28-34.
• Larson, JH (1992). An outline proposal for the conservation of the Romanesque frieze at Lincoln Cathedral. The Romanesque frieze and its spectator, Paper to the Lincoln Symposium conference, Harvey Miller, 18-209.
• Cooper, MI, Emmony, DC and Larson, JH (1992). The use of laser energy to clean polluted stone sculpture. Journal of Photographic Science, 40, 55-57.
• Cooper, MI, Emmony, DC and Larson, JH (1992). A comparative study of the laser cleaning of limestone. Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, Delgado Rodrigues, J, Henriques, F and Telmo Jeremias, F (eds), Lisbon, Portugal, June 1992, 1307-1315.